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Tubers of the USDA potato accession PI 245783PI 245783 “Amarilla Temprana”

Solanum tuberosum subsp. andigenum 4x

PI 245783 at Genesys

Accession Details

An andigena type tetraploid collected in Los Lagos Chile in 1958.  A type cytoplasm (Hosaka 1988). 

Observations

TPS.  Good germination.  Huge plants.  Tubers mostly round.  Mostly light yellows, some with a little red or blue.  Flesh light yellow or white, sometimes with a bit of blue in blue skinned types.  High yields.  Late maturity.  All long day.  Stolons short to long, but mostly short.  High flowering and berry set.  Some scab.

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